What makes a Belgian Tripel?

A tripel is a Belgian style of beer. Our take on the style is golden, balanced, and has a wide array of yeast-derived aromas. Usually clocking in at a higher (for beer) alcohol content, you’ll often find tripels in the 8%-10% ABV range. For reference, wine is generally around 12% ABV.

How long should a Belgian Tripel ferment?

Ferment at 64°F for 2 days. Raise fermentation temperature by 2°F every 2 days until 76°F. Hold at 76°F until gravity is stable, about 7 to 10 days. Cellar carbonated bottles for at least 1 month.

What is the best yeast for Belgian Tripel?

A couple good places to start might be White Labs WLP550 Belgian Ale Yeast or Wyeast 3787 Trappist High Gravity. If using dry yeast, Fermentis SafBrew T-58 should work well.

How do you drink a Belgian Tripel?

They are surprisingly easy to drink yet push 9.5% ABV; a dangerous combination, indeed. Tripels are best warmed to at least 50 degrees. Never serve one fresh out of the fridge. They are very complex and serving them cold dulls your ability to taste all the goodness.

What does a Belgian Style Tripel taste like?

The flavor of Belgian tripel follows suit, offering a “marriage of spicy, fruity, and alcohol flavors supported by a soft, rounded grainy-sweet malt impression, occasionally with a very light honey note.” Spicy hop flavors are usually present, and hop bitterness is medium to high, supported by peppery fermentation …

What is the best Trappist beer?

Top 10 Trappist Beers

• #1) Westvleteren 12. Wh.
• #2) Chimay Blue Grande Reserve. Chimay.
• #3) Orval.
• #4) Rochefort 8.
• #5) Westmalle Tripel.
• #6) Achel Extra.
• #7) LaTrappe/Koeningshoeven Quadruple.
• #8) Spencer Trappist Holiday.

What makes a Belgian Dubbel?

The Belgian-style dubbel ranges from brown to very dark in color. They have a malty sweetness and can have cocoa and caramel aromas and flavors. “Dubbel” meaning “double,” this beer is still not so big in intensity as to surpass the Belgian-style quadrupel that is often considered its sibling.

What is Belgian yeast?

These yeasts produce pronounced fruity and estery character, often with hints of clove or phenolic notes. Of course, since these yeasts are predominantly used to brew Belgian beers, they have a high alcohol tolerance. If you love Abbey or Trappist bears, you’ll need one of these yeasts.

What does a Belgian Tripel taste like?

What makes a Belgian dubbel?

What does a Belgian-Style Tripel taste like?

What are Belgian beer styles?

Beer in Belgium varies from pale lager to amber ales, lambic beers, Flemish red ales, sour brown ales, strong ales and stouts.

What is a Belgian Pale Ale?

The Belgian-style pale ale is gold to copper in color and can have caramel or toasted malt flavor. The style is characterized by low but noticeable hop bitterness, flavor and aroma. These beers were inspired by British pale ales.

What is triple Belgian beer?

A beer is considered a triple in Belgium when the alcohol content is 9% alcohol by volume and higher. There are some commercial exceptions, where beers are labeled “triple” even they do not have the required alcohol strength.

What is triple ale?

Triple Ale. On the European continent, beers with the highest alcohol content are called triples. On the British Isles (and in the USA) the tradition is to call them Barley Wines. A beer is considered a triple in Belgium when the alcohol content is 9% alcohol by volume and higher.